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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue and Acknowledgements.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it difficult for Landon to leave the house?
(a) He cannot walk right.
(b) He needs a special van to transport him.
(c) He has bedsores.
(d) He gets made fun of.

2. In what year did the hospital finally open?
(a) 1956.
(b) 1925.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1948.

3. What is the biggest risk involving Patrick's IV line?
(a) It needs to be closely monitored.
(b) It can interfere with his breathing.
(c) It can get infected.
(d) It is very expensive to maintain.

4. How do the members of the ethics committee feel about one another?
(a) They are suspicious of, and spread rumors about, one another.
(b) They are rarely together, and aren't comfortable with one another.
(c) There are several members of the committee who refuse to work with some of the others.
(d) They all know each other quite well, and are comfortable with speaking honestly and openly to each other.

5. What happens on the last day of May?
(a) Taylor and Jake are born.
(b) Fran goes in for her last prenatal check-up.
(c) One of the twins dies.
(d) Fran undergoes a Caesarian section.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Oria Dismuke described?

2. How often do patients' families follow the advice of the ethics committee?

3. Who are the people at the meeting in Chapter 3?

4. What happens to Taylor?

5. What does Lin Weeks feel that the purpose of medical care is?

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